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Governor's proposal are inconsistent with the BL.
Rebuttal
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To
We believe the proposals are consistent with the BL.
be
specific the Governor made seven proposals on the 1994/95 elections in his LegCo address.
A (1) То lower the voting age from 31 to
18.
(ii) (a) To
The BL for any is the China.
does not specify a voting age elections in Hong Kong. 13 voting age in both the UK and
replace the corporate voting in functional constituencies
existing
by individual voters.
(ii) (b) To
The BL does not define the electorate in functional constituencies.
propose
9
new
constituencies, as required
functional
by article
6 of the Decision of the NPC on the formation of the first Legco of the SAR promulgated with the BL.
The BL does not define what a Functional Constituency. should be. Common sense dictates it should be a group of electors defined by a common employment or other economic role. 1988 White Paper also stated
that
functional constituencies should be substantial and of importance in the community.
The clearly
Our
into
proposals
direct
ол
functional
constituencies will not turn them That
elections.
non-workers will have no right to vote distinguishes our proposal from
geographically
elections.
based
direct
FC elections not synonymous with indirect elections.
Many of the
existing 21 FC seats are elected directly by individual voters.e.g. Teaching,
Legal,
Engineering,
Architectural,
Surveying
and
Planning, Accountancy constituencies.
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